Undergarment



. .E. T. SWAINE UNDERGARMENT Filed Aug. 7, 922

citizen of the'United State's,

of the bloomers overlap the brassiere whichcausesan extra thickness ofmaterial right Patented Jami. 20, I

UNITED I-sTA'r-as A PATENT oFFicE.

= nmia 'r. 'swnin'n, or DES aromas, Iowa.

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Application tied August 7, 1922. serial in). 580,129;

To all oonccmi Be it known that I,-EnNA;-.'F

of Des Moines, in the'coi nty and useful Undergai'ment, of which thefollowing is a specification' Theobjectof my invention is to provideform-fitting and which will do away with a two-piecestructure, in whichcaseit is ordinarily necessary to have the upper edge.

at the waistline. In this connection, it may be mentioned that" when theordinary bloomers are used,

some rubber band or other suitable material is necessary around thewaistline for hold ing the same in position, and it is my object .pieoeelement, which has a hlooiner'section and a brassiere sectionsewedtogether and rovided with an open side, which extends from thebottom of the bloomer section .to the top of the brassiere section, sothat the garment maybe put on. L Still another ob ect is to provide theedges of the open side of the garment with coacting' fastening devices,whereby they may be secured. together and to arrangeone edge of thebloomers section, so that it substan--' them always closed.

tially overlaps the other edge for keeping With these and other objectsin view, my I invention consists in the construction, ar-,

rangement and combination of the various parts of my underga'rment,whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fullyset forth, pointed out in my claim,-and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure l is a rspective view of my undergarment partially shown open.

Figure 2 is a back view of the arment.

Figure 3 is an enlarged, detail'view of a portion ofthe garment.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 1, greatlyenlarged; and Figure 5 is an enlarged, detail view of a portion of thelorassiere section.

In the accompanying drawings, l have used the reference character A toindicate 1 generally .a brassiere section and the refer- SwA N -a d aresident": ofQPolk "and State of Iowa, have invente'd'ja certain/newence character B a bloomer section.

The brassiere section A'is provided with a'pair of shoulder straps 10.The brassiere section is also provided with darts 11, -which.cause thebrassiere to be form-fitting and contracted at the lower edge or waist-.line-thereof. a one piece undergarment, which will be Secured to theflap 12and partially below theniaterial of the brassiere section are theey'cs13. On theopposite edge of the-brassiere-section is a binding strip14 reinforcing: the edge of the -brassiere, so that the hooks 15 may besecured thereto. 15 may coact with the eyes 13. I

The flap l2:overlaps the adjoining edges so as. to prevent the hooks andeyes from The hooks The bloomer section B includes a pair of legreoeivmgportions, which are contracte.

at their lower ends as at 16. A rubber or coming in contact with thepersons body. to overcome the' undesirable feature of hava ing the lowerends of the leg portions of the bloomers contracted and in snug fittingposition around the leg of the wearer.

The upper edge of the bloomer section B is sewed to thelower edge of thebrassire section A and a binder strip 17 is placed on the inner side ofthe overlapping edges,

so as to reinforce and cover the seam between the brassicre section andthe bloomer section. 1 i

The binder strip 17 is so positioned that it comesat the waistline ofthe entire garment, and I provide an eye 18 on the-waistline of thegarment, which coac-ts with a hook 19 for holding the garment snuglyaround the waistline of the wearer.

' Near the upper end'of the bloomer section on one side and the back areprovided darts 20 for contracting the upper endof the bloomers, so as tomake them form-fitting around the waistline and to provide fullness inthe leg portions thereof.

The upper edge of the brassiere'section is provided with a binding 21;

One of the leg portions of the bloomer section is open on its side, asat 22. The opening 22 is continuous from the opening in the side of thehrassiere A.

One edge of the material from the bloomer section projects slightlybeyond the edge Of the bra re se tion, so as to form aflap or extension23; as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings.

The opposite. edge of the bloomer section is arranged substantiallyflush with one edge of the brassiere section.

The flap 23 is provided with a number of fastening devices 24, while theedge of the opposite edge of the bloomer section is provided withcoacting snap fasteners 25.

It will be seen -that-one edge of the leg portion of the bloomers laps asubstantial distance over the other edge thereof. The. purpose ofproviding the overlapping I edge is to preventfthere being any openportion between the snap fasteners.

It is desirable to use only a few snap fasteners and 'for that reason.it is necessary to provide the 0' 'erlapping edge of some substantialdistance. i

The open side of the garment is arranged preferably on the left side.

It will be seen that the garment is so arranged that it isform-fitting'and that there is no fullness at the waistline of the wearer,as is the case when garments are used that are of several pieces. a

It will also be seen that the garment is held, in proper position by theshoulder straps and this is quite desirable, especially when thebloomers are comparatively large in the leg portion.

My undergarment is preferably designed for wearing when no corset isused.

, some changes maybe made in the form of my undergarment withoutdeparting from the essential purpose and spirit, of my invention. and itis my intention to cover by my claim. any changes which may bereasonably included therein.

I claim as my invention: A garment of the class described. comprising abrassiere section, form-fitting.

with darts at the sides and provided with shoulder straps, a bloomersection sewed thereto at the waist-line, said hloomer tion having frontand back seams substantially at the vertical center thereof-with aclosedcroteh and having separate legs extending downwardly from thecrotch pro-

